but in these latter days he has spoken to us in a Son, whom he had destined to possess everything, and through whom he had made the world.

He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

You have loved right and hated wrong! That is why God, your God, has anointed you with exhilarating oil beyond all your comrades."

For someone has somewhere solemnly declared, "What is man? for you think of him; Or any man? for you care for him.

and again "I will put my trust in God"; and again, "Here I am with the children that God has given me."

For because he has himself been tempted in what he has suffered he is able to help others who are in trial.

has been to the God who appointed him, just as Moses was, in all the house of God.

For every house has a builder, and the builder of the universe is God.

See to it, my brothers, that no one of you has a wicked, unbelieving heart, that turns away from the ever-living God,

Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great high priest who has gone up into heaven, let us keep firm hold of our religion.

For our high priest is not one who is incapable of sympathy with our weaknesses, but he has been tempted in every way just as we have, without committing any sin.

where Jesus has gone ahead of us, and become forever a high priest of the priesthood of Melchizedek.

for God took no oath in appointing the old priests, but he made oath to his appointment, when he said to him, "The Lord has sworn it and he will not change; You are a priest forever!"

who does not need, as the old high priests did, to offer sacrifices every day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people??or this last he has done once for all, in offering up himself.

Now the main point in what I am saying is this: We have such a high priest as this, and he has taken his seat in heaven at the right hand of God's Majesty,

But, as it is, the priestly service to which Christ has been appointed is as much better than the old as the agreement established by him and the promises on which it is based are superior to the former ones.

And this is why he is the negotiator of a new agreement, in order that as someone has died to deliver them from the offenses committed under the old agreement, those who have been offered it may receive the unending inheritance they have been promised.

for a will is valid only in the case of a person who is dead; it has no force as long as the testator is alive.

saying, "This blood ratifies the agreement which God has commanded me to make with you."

for then he would have had to suffer death over and over, ever since the creation of the world. But, as it is, once for all at the close of the age he has appeared, to put an end to sin by his sacrifice.

But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand,

For by that one sacrifice he has forever qualified those who are purified from sin to approach God.

by the new, living way which he has opened for us, through the curtain, that is, his physical nature,

Let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we profess, for he who has given us his promise may be trusted.

How much worse a punishment do you think will anyone deserve who tramples the Son of God underfoot, and treats as worthless the blood of the agreement by which he has been purified, and outrages God's spirit of mercy?

For we know who it is that has said, "Vengeance belongs to me! I will pay back!" and in another place, "The Lord will be the judge of his people!"

but you will need endurance if you are to carry out God's will and receive the blessing he has promised.

But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.

fixing our eyes upon Jesus, our leader and example in faith, who in place of the happiness that belonged to him, submitted to a cross, caring nothing for its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

You must not be avaricious; you must be content with what you have, for God himself has said, "I will never let go of you or desert you!"

May God, the giver of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus who through the blood by which he ratified the everlasting agreement has become the great shepherd of the sheep,

You must know that our brother Timothy has been released from prison. If he comes here soon, we will see you together.